Notes from the June 12 Stow Board of Selectmen meeting

Wednesday

Selectmen signed documents to execute conservation restrictions for Minister’s Pond, a town-owned property, Carver Hill, and small farm.

The town granted the restriction for Minister’s Pond to the Stow Conservation Trust.

Purchase of conservation restrictions on Carver Hill and small farm was approved by voters at the 2017 annual Town Meeting.

Regency at Stow

Selectmen signed documents accepting open space at Regency at Stow, a housing development on Boxboro Road.

The affordable housing lottery for the Regency development is now open. The deadline for the lottery is July 21.

Friends purchase van

Al Wheeler of the Friends of the Council on Aging announced the Friends had purchased a new Ford 350 van for the Council on Aging.

The 12-passenger van has a wheelchair lift and two wheelchair spaces. The new bus will replace the existing five-passenger 2008 model bus which will be retired.

The Friends raise funds to help finance the Council On Aging. Wheeler reported the Friends of COA raise about three times what is provided for the COA in the town budget.

The Friends hold a number of fundraising activities throughout the year to raise funds which are used to pay for staff and activities of the COA.

Selectmen James Salvie said, “That is a very political and nice way to say that you buy things that the town is too cheap to buy itself.”

Appointments

-- Selectmen appointed Ernest Dodd to complete an unexpired five-year term on the Zoning Board of Appeals which expires June 30. 2022. Dodd is currently serving on the Planning Board but says after 16 years in that position he would not run for reelection and would instead serve the town in another capacity.

-- The board voted to appoint James Salvie as the selecman liaison of the Lower Village Revitailization Committee, a recently formed committee which will oversee construction in Lower Village.

Special Town Meeting

Selectmen voted to open the warrant for the fall special Town Meeting and to close the warrant on Aug. 1. The Town Meeting will be held Monday, Oct. 1.

The special Town Election will be Tuesday, Nov. 6.

A major issue to be decided is whether to enact a ban on recreational marijuana. The Planning Board will be holding a public information session on recreational marijuana at 7 p.m., June 27, at the Pompositticut Community Center.